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in orderלְמַעַןto testנַסּוֹתIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלby them,בָּםwhetherהֲtheyהֵםwill keepשֹׁמְרִיםthe wayאֶת דֶּרֶךְof YHWH,יְהוָהwalkingלָלֶכֶתin it,בָּםasכַּאֲשֶׁרtheir fathersאֲבוֹתָםkept it,שָׁמְרוּorאִםnot.”לֹא
Judges 2:22
Study it in the app“in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of YHWH, walking in it, as their fathers kept it, or not.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 2:22, word by word
- to testנַסּוֹתnasot
test
To put someone in a situation to see how he responds and what is within him.
Where else “nasot” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- will keepשֹׁמְרִיםshomrim
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shomrim” appears- the wayדֶּרֶךְderech
ways of YHWH
YHWH's ways: what he does and commands.
Where else “derech” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- walkingלֶכֶתlechet
walk
To conduct oneself day by day in a certain way, as one walks along a road.
Where else “lechet” appears- their fathersאֲבוֹתָavota
forefather
Ancestors, those who came before in the family.
Where else “avota” appears
The context
21I also will no longer dispossess before them any man of the nations that Joshua left when he died,
22 · This verse (above)
23So YHWH left these nations, not dispossessing them quickly, and he did not give them into the hand of Joshua.